Time-recorder.



PATENTED FEB. 5, 19ml J. G. WYNN. TIME RECORDER.

APPLICATION FILED 0CT.28, 1904.

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J. G. WYNN. TIME RECORDER.

APPLIGATION FILED 00128 1904.

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APPLICATION FILED 00128. 1904.

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TYNE-RECORDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 5, 1907.

Application filed October 28,1904. Serial No. 230,309.

in is a full; clear, and exact description y inventionrelates to time-recorders and admits of general use, but is of peculiar value in factories) stores, and similar institutions in which it is desirable tokmake records of the time of-various employees.

My invention relates more espetially to mechanism for cutting time-cards so as to note, in contrast with each other, the respec tive times for beginning-and finishing different pieces of wor My invention further relates tto various parts'land combinations thereof admitting of general use in relation to time.records.

. Reference is tobe had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures. Y

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device ready for use. Fig. 2 is an enlarged, horizontal section through the same, showing the mechanism for holding and. cutting the .card, and is taken-upon the line 2 2 of Fi 4 looking in the direction of the arrow. Fi

cut at the beginning of the work. Fi 6 is a somewhat similar view, but showingt e condition of the card as out after the work is finished. Fig. 7is a vertical section upon the line 7 7 of Fig; 4 lookingin the direction of v the arrow and showing the upper .and lower shears, the time-sprockets, and various other mechanical parts; and Fig. 8 isafragmentary section through the sprocket-chain, showing one of the timecard to r e cut- Mounted within the casins. I The casing of the apparatus is shown at'9,

and is'provided with an extension 10. A slot 11 extends downwardly from the top of the cas' and is used for the insertion of. the

mg, is a comparatively..thick-.metallic plate 12, through which the slot '11 continues, as

g. 3 is a fragmentary Ella-n view of the lower shear and indicated in Fig. 2. An eight-day clock 13 is mounted upon the front part ofthe casing and is provided with a spindle 14, which rotates once in every twelve hours.- This spindle carries a sprocket-wheel 15, rigidlyconnected therewith. Mounted below this sprocket-wheel is another sprocket-wheel 16.

These sprocket wheels carry a sprocketchain 17, preferably twenty-four inches in length,.being measured alon its pitch-line. Thissprockeachain is given y the clock 13 .adefinite speed, preferably one inch per hour.

. dinally into the position indicated by dotted lines'in said figure, the tension of the spring 20 being such as to force the pin back into its "normal position when displaced therefrom.

The chain is provided with sockets 22 23, into the former of which the spring 20 may be forced, the latter being adapted to accommodate'a bead 24 on the pin, according to the direction-in which the pin 19 is nzoved.

A guide 25 is provided with an angle-leaf 26 integral therewithfor guiding the time-pins 19. As the sprocin "chain 17 moves upward thehead 18 of each pin 19 successivelyengages the angle-leaf 26, and is thus forced'to the right, according to the view shown. inFig' 7. When any one of the ins 19 arrive at the top of theguide 25, the ead 18 is no longer restrained, and the spring 20 movesinto the ositionindicated by. full lines in Fig. 8. lhuring the time a particular head 18 is passing the guide 25, however, the tip 29 of the pin projects directly across the slot. 11 to a point immediately adjacent to the front of the casing, as will be understood from Fig. 2. Inorder to do this, the pin 19 when displaced,

.as indicated by dotted lines in Fig.-8f, projects through aslot 27 in the late 12. Another slot 30 is provided in t e front of the casing 9 for enabling the operator to watch the card as the same dropsinto the slot and also to enable the card to be readilyrecovcred from the slot '11.' The card 40, graduated, as shown, .re resents adefinite interval Of tiIIZe, prefers ly six hours. 3 v

The chainis preferablytwenty-four inches ginning of a particular task or piece of work,-

and the cut or mutilation 42 is made at the close thereof. The interval left uncut between these two mutilations represents the; in Fi the cut 41 indicates that the,owner of the cardtime consumed. For instance,

began-workupon a particular piece of work at the time indicated, and the mutilation shown in F' 6 indicates that the work was finished at t e time indicated by the cut or mutilation 42. The difierence-to..w it, two and one-half-hours-represents the time consumed by the employee duri the'interval after the card was first cut an before it'was last cut. 1

The upper shear 43 is provided with a cutting edge 44 and is rigidly'n ounted I1 a head 45, which is journaled at 46 and 18 free to move inward under pressure of the knob "iind is provided wit rangen'ent being such that the pin 63is ten-'- ahea 47. This shear is also provided at its extreme lower end witha' ug 4ft. The lower shear is shown at 49 and is provided with a edge 50. This shear is mounted-upon 51, which is journaled at 52 and is adapted to 1].0V0- inward when the knob 53 is pressed, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 7. This shear 49 terminates at its upper end in a head 54. In order toallow the shears to be operated from the outside by means of the projecting knobs 47 and 53, the slots 55 and 56 are provided. The lower and upper shears are tensioned, respectively, by spiral springs 57 58 and norn ally. occupy .therespective positions indicated by full lines in Fig. 7. (onnected with the. plat-e 12 and sunken therein is a cutting die or blade 59, against which the cut-ting edge adapted to move, as will Fig. 2.. A lug 60 Sucu tting be understood from ports a spring-' WM 63 a cutting blar e-or die o1. matin the knife 62. This knife is pro vided with a slot 64, through which-passes the stationary pin 65, foriring a limiting-stop for the knife 62. The pivot-pin 63 is encircled by a'spring (17, conne and with a head 66 upon, the lug 60, the arsioncd by the spring 67. This nornally maintains the knife 62 in the position indicated byfull lines in 3. Vhen the knife 62 is pressed inward or toward theback of the machine and is subsequently released,

the tension of the spring 67 restores the knife to its original position, th e play of which is of course governed by; the limiting-stop 65.

50 of the shear 49 isv cted with a head 68- The motor mechanism for the clock 13 is shown at 13 and is preferably mounted within a subcasing 13 The operation of my device is as follows:

At the. beginning of a piece of work or of an o, allottedtask an employee takes a card 40 and guide. When,-therefore, the card is inserted,

'as above litentioned, it passes downwardly until it encounters the time-pin engaged by the guide 25 and is thereby temporarily supported by this pin.' As the pin is moving upwardl y it is clear that the position occupied by the card while resting upon the pin must have a definite time relation to anyfixed .point within the casingthat is to say, the

card will drop to a lower point at one time than at another, and while the same time-pin is passing the guide as the card is inserted the higher will he the position occupied by the card while resting'upon the pin. The employee now grasps the handle 47 and presses the same inward. This causes the cutting edge 44 of the sear 43 to split the card longitudinally at a point comparatively near one of its edges. The bead 48 also engages the blade or knife 62, forcing the same inward.v This blade'or' knife and the cutting edge .44 coac'ting together complete the mutilation of the card, as indicated in Fig. The

employee now inserts his fingers into the slot 30, and thus removes the card which he re tains in his possession for the time being. I do not limit myself, however, to anyparticular means for removing the card. work is finished, he again inserts the same card and presses the knob 53 inward, thus actuating the lower shear 59. The head 54 now moves the blade or knife 62, and the latter, together with thecutting edge 50 of the shear 49, mutilates the card, as indicated at 42 in the lower portion of Fig. 6. The time required in doing the particular piece of work is of course represented by the uncut portion of the card 40, which necessarilyflep resents the distance upward through which the card travels while the work of the em ployee was being executed. Meanwhile any other number of employees may insert their respective cards and cut the same without interfering in any manner with each other.

If desired, the cards 40 after being out, as indicated in Fig, 6, may be passed through a measuring instrument for the purpose of au- When the Y tomatically' reducing the time represented by the uncut portion of the lent in dollars and, cents. To this end have invented an instrument which I call a comcard to its e uivaeeaeeo puter, and'which will subsequently form the subject-matter of a separate application.

From the abovedescription it will be noted v that my device contains separate mechanisms for cutting oppositely-disposed portions of the same card-andv that the portion cut ofi is completely removed without theaid of an auxiliary appliance.

I Having thus described my invention, 1- roclaim as new and desire to secure'by Letters Patent Y P 1.111 an apparatus of the character de'- scribed, the combination of a member provided with a slot for holding a card, a blade I 5 for cutting said card, a shear provided with a portion for engaging said blade and also with a cutting portion for engaging, said card directly, means for actuating said shear, .and time-controlled mechanism provided with movable members for controlling the positions which may be assumed by said card.

2. In an apparatus of the character dc scribed, the combination of a casing provided with a slot for holding a card, a time-controlled memberprovided with a portion protrudinginto said slot for the purpose of positioning said card relatively to said casing, shearing mechanism for cutting said card at a point adjacent to one of its ends, and separate shearing mechanism for cutting said card at adifferent time from the other of its I ends, sothat the uncut portion of said card represents the lapse of time between said cuttings.

'. 3. The combination of time controlled mechanism for stopping a card at a point slot disposed adjacent to said time-controlled jnnechanism and adapted to hold a loose card when dropped into said slot so as to lodge against said movable member, the relative position assumed by said card when thus lodged being controlled by the relative A position in which the movable member chances to be found at the moment'when said card is dropped, and means for cutting said card, the nature of the out varying according to the relative position occupied by said card.

7. The combination of time-controlled -mechanism provided with a movable member adapted to support a loose card lodged thereagainst, the position of said card varying with the position of said movable mem' ber, and means for cutting different quanti tative portions of said card, said different portions representing; the respective mo.- ments. of beginning and completing aparticular piece of work. i

8. The combination of time-controlled mechanism provided with a movable member, means for holding a loose card to be lodged against said movable member, and. 7

- 4 ,quantitativeportions of different sizes repre- T T- senting different periods'oftime.

' relative to a fixed point, and mechanism for removing fromflsaid card difierent quantitai,-tive portionsv thereof so asto leave othersaid time-pin, guide mechanism for-causing said time-pin to protrude into said slot so as to temporarily support a card therein, and means for indicating upon said card the approximate time upon which said time-pin supports said card. p

' 10. The combination of time-controlled mechanism provided with a movable member, mechanism provided. with a slot dis- .J 4-I'The; combination-of time-controlled mechanism provided jwith-a movable member for stopping a card indifferent positions at different moments of time, and -mechan IOO- mechanism provided with a movable-mem- I her, a stationary member provided with a,

ism; for removing from said card different portions thereof according to the different relative positions occupied by said cards, the lengths ofcertain portions remaining repre- 5o se'nting different periods of time.

5. The combination of time-controlled mechanism rovided with a movable member, means or sustaining a loose card to be lodged against said movable member, the

relative position of said card when lodged against said memberbeing thus controlled bythe time of said lodgment, and means for cutting off different quantitative portions of said card, i

6. The. combination of time-controlled posed adjacent to said movable member, means for holding a loose card to be dropped into said slot and lodged against said movable member, andseparate cutting mechanismsispaced apart and adapted to operate upon difi erent portions of said. card for the purpose of indicating upon said card different moments of time when said card engages said movable member.

In testimony whereof-I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN our win-N. Witnesses:

H. 0. WINTER, J. C. HARPER. 

